The Universe Connection

DIRECTOR/WRITER/MUSIC/LYRICS: Phillip Chernyak
PRODUCER: Desiree Proctor
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Soo Eung Chae
EDITORS: Brett Ryan Bonowicz, Phillip Chernyak
PRIMARY CAST:
     - Elizabeth Kenner
     - Kate Shults
     - Yaniv Zarif
TOTAL RUN TIME: 16:30
DATE OF COMPLETION: 8/2007

So, this is typically where the filmmaker ruminates on the deep philosophical themes he or she oh-so-meticulously weaved into their film and how they ultimately reflected some autobiographical experience from a sexually confused adolescence.

Man, if only I had something that good!

I can't say too much, but I can say this - Mr. Wizard and Jacques Demy had something to do with this film. Probably Fred Penner's Place too, somewhere. I'd also always admired the simplicity and beauty of film musicals from the 50s and 60s, how they'd let the action play out in long wide takes. Like when Michele Lee sings "I Believe In You" in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying - she does it in a single shot. And it's awesome.

Big props to the dedicated crew who stuck with me in the week-or-so of shooting, and the rest who I reduced to tears in a megalomaniacal rampage. More big props to the actors who lip-synched to their own voices way better than Milli Vanilli ever could. Even more big props to the art department for making some really big props. Finally, I have to give out some extra special props to my wonderful parents who encouraged me to follow my dreams (and make them TONS of money.)

- Director Phillip Chernyak

SYNOPSIS
A peculiar foreigner enters Josephine's song-filled life.

SHOOTING FORMAT
MiniDV

CONTACT
rgrula@mail.ucf.edu

STUDENT STATUS
This film was produced as part of a BFA degree at the University of Central Florida School of Film & Digital Media.